一夏のアバンチュールを求めて南の島へ行きました。

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English Translation

I went to the South Pacific for a summer of romantic adventure.

Furigana

一(いち)夏(なつ)のアバンチュールを求(もと)めて南(みなみ)の島(しま)へ行(い)きました。

Romanji

Ichi natsu no abanchu-ru o motomete minami no shima e ikimashita.

Words

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

夏 (なつ)

summer

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

アバンチュール (アバンチュール、アヴァンチュール)

amorous adventure; love affair

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

求める (もとめる)

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); to purchase; to buy

南 (みなみ)

south

島 (しま)

island; territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

行く (いく、ゆく)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination